Tag: Ramadan
Subdued holiday blessing at Western Wall as tensions clamped to keep the calm
Israeli security forces got what they were seeking: quiet. And, to some extent, Arab rioters got what they wanted: a depressed turnout.
With Jerusalem on edge and the threat of violence palpable, Monday morning’s Birkat...
How the US perpetuates Palestinian violence
The U.S. State Department welcomed the first night of Passover with an admonition against violence.
“We are closely monitoring events in Jerusalem during this sacred holiday period for Jews, Muslims and Christians,” read the official...
Two Palestinians arrested after five Israelis wounded in stoning near Jerusalem Old City
The Jerusalem District Police announced on Sunday that two suspects had been arrested in connection with the stoning of several buses near Jerusalem’s Old City earlier in the day. Five Israelis sustained light injuries...
More than 300 Palestinian rioters arrested in Temple Mount clashes ahead of Passover
Security tensions in Israel in recent weeks hit a new high on April 15, the second Friday of Ramadan and the eve of Passover. By mid-morning Friday, some 300 Palestinian rioters on the Temple...
Jerusalem police on high alert ahead of Passover seder, second Friday of Ramadan
The Israel Police have directed hotels across the country to ramp up security ahead of the Passover seder, which this year falls on the second Friday of Ramadan. Amid the tense security situation in...
Fear terrorism, not the Israelis defending against it
At a Tel Aviv café on Monday morning, I overheard a couple talking about the terrorist surge responsible for the fact that the normally packed establishment was as relatively empty as the adjacent Carmel...
Interfaith Iftar participants decry terror attacks in Israel
Participants at an interfaith event, co-hosted by the American Muslim and Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council, the Mukhayriq Initiative and the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), spoke out against the Arab terrorist attacks in Israel that...
Despite spate of violence, Israel to allow Palestinians to visit Temple Mount
Despite a wave of Palestinian Arab violence that has left 11 Israelis dead in recent weeks, Israel plans to allow women and children, as well as men over the age of 40, from the...
Israeli defense minister demands ‘peace and quiet’ in call with Abbas
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz told Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that Ramadan must not be a “period marked by terror,” according to an official statement.
In a telephone conversation, Gantz thanked Abbas...
In apparent swipe at Lapid, Gantz calls to refrain from ‘provocative’ acts
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday called on Israelis to refrain from taking “provocative” actions. The comment, made during an interview with 103 FM, was an apparent criticism of Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s tour...